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Post-Prandial Philosophy, by Grant Allen
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Title: Post-Prandial Philosophy
Author: Grant Allen
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POST-PRANDIAL PHILOSOPHY
By GRANT ALLEN
AUTHOR OF "THE EVOLUTIONIST AT LARGE," ETC.
LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS 1894
PREFACE
These Essays appeared originally in The Westminster Gazette, and have only been so far modified here as is necessary for purposes of volume publication. They aim at being suggestive rather than exhaustive: I shall be satisfied if I have provoked thought without following out each train to a logical conclusion. Most of the Essays are just what they pretend to be--crystallisations into writing of ideas suggested in familiar conversation.
G. A.
Hind Head, March 1894.
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AMONG LANGUAGES 1
II. IN THE MATTER OF ARISTOCRACY 9
III. SCIENCE IN EDUCATION 18
IV. THE THEORY OF SCAPEGOATS 27
V. AMERICAN DUCHESSES 35
VI. IS ENGLAND PLAYED OUT? 44
VII. THE GAME AND THE